Rhode Island trails · Shelter trail
Shelter trail
A 2.2-mile out-and-back in Rhode Island, with 133 ft of climbing.
Length
2.2 mi
Elevation gain
133 ft
Difficulty
Easy
Max grade
10%
Steepest mile
+116 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
0.1 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Surface
Ground
Bikes
yes
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 2.2 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:42 a.m., the sun rises at 6:11 a.m. and sets at 7:22 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:50 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 4.4-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 45 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 7:56 a.m. — 11 h 25 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Breakheart Pond Trail + Shelter trail + Penny Hill Cutoff — 2.5 mi loop, 189 ft gain
- Shelter trail + J.B. Hudson trail + River Trail — 1.7 mi loop, 206 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Breakheart Multi-use trail — 1.9 mi
- Mt. Tom trail — 2.0 mi
- Breakheart trail — 2.0 mi
- Escoheag Trail — 2.4 mi